224: Chapter 225 Wukong: You’ll know when you look at my master 224: Chapter 225 Wukong: You’ll know when you look at my master Every word and movent of Guanyin Bodhisattva carried a strong mana.
At that mont, with a swing of her willow branch, infinite mana cascaded down, instantly enveloping Elder Jinchi.
Elder Jinchi’s soul ascended beyond the heavens, entering the cycle of reincarnation.
The person she had revered for over two hundred years had just been sent by her into the cycle of reincarnation.
Elder Jinchi fell down, his body decaying and turning into flying ashes.
Toward this person who had devoutly worshiped her for many years, Guanyin did not give a second glance, simply withdrawing her gaze and then turning to look at the Black Bear Spirit.
“Black Bear Spirit, you are inherently kind, with a buddha-nature that is most exalted.
It’s a pity that you were used by others.
Fortunately, you did not make a grave mistake in the end.
Now I shall appoint you as the Mountain Guardian Deity of Mount Luojia.
Hereafter, you shall be responsible for safeguarding Mount Luojia, devote yourself to Buddhist cultivation, and one day you shall surely be able to universally enlighten all beings!”
Upon hearing this, the Black Bear Spirit could not contain his joy, imdiately kneeling down and saying, “Thank you, Great Mahasattva Guanyin!”
“Amitabha Buddha, today you shall follow to Mount Luojia.
From now on, you need to devote yourself to Buddhist practice, wholeheartedly toward Buddha!”
As Guanyin spoke, she waved her hand, and the Black Bear Spirit flew to her side.
At the sa ti, the Brocaded Kasaya fell into Sun Wukong’s hands.
“Take good care of it and make sure it’s not taken by others again!”
Guanyin Bodhisattva gave instructions carefully, and Sun Wukong nodded before watching as Guanyin Bodhisattva shot off into the distance.
In the blink of an eye, she had already vanished from his sight.
He then turned and walked toward the Guanyin Zen Center.
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anwhile, inside the Great Thunderclap Monastery.
Sakyamuni Tathagata naturally witnessed the scene of Guanyin taking the Black Bear Spirit with her.
“Good, very good, the Calamity of asurent for the Journey to the West is proceeding according to our plan.
It seems we have been overly concerned; not too many unexpected events will occur!”
The Sakyamuni Tathagata had been worried about unforeseen occurrences, fearing that things might not progress as they had envisioned, but there were no such surprises.
Everything was progressing according to the original plan, which was very normal.
“Buddhism is destined to flourish.
Although there have been many interruptions in the past, I believe that things will continue according to plan from now on, without too many unexpected events!”
“Amitabha Buddha!”
Upon hearing the words of Sakyamuni Tathagata, all the Buddhas also showed excited expressions.
After all, the flourishing of Buddhism affected them, and naturally, they also hoped that everything would develop normally.
At this ti, atop Mount Huaguo, a figure appeared and reinforced Sun Wukong’s formation with a gesture, enhancing it slightly before disappearing without a trace.
This did not attract the attention of anyone, including Taiqing Daode Tianzun, who had been keeping an eye on Mount Huaguo.
However, Taiqing Daode Tianzun noticed that the formation of Mount Huaguo had beco increasingly powerful, seeming even to be a challenge for him to decipher.
But he did not dwell on it, assuming that Sun Wukong had grown stronger, reinforcing the formation.
Now that the Calamity of asurent was on the right track, he could only wait helplessly for developnts.
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By this ti, Sun Wukong had retrieved the Brocaded Kasaya and returned to the Guanyin Zen Center.
The Guanyin Zen Center, after a night of being ravaged by fire, had beco utterly dilapidated, with many monks having perished in the blaze, appearing rather pitiable.
Xuanzang was at that mont comforting the surviving monks, hoping they would cleanse their minds and reform, as this was the consequence of their greed and murderous thoughts.
Xuanzang’s Buddhist philosophical understanding had deepened.
Unlike traditional Buddhist views, where everything could be approached with compassion, his view was that every action has its consequences.
The fire was set, thus the dreadful outco.
If they did not reform, they would inevitably face a great disaster.
Many monks knew they had erred, and were filled with imasurable regret, but what was done could not be changed.
“Since you have already acknowledged your mistakes, you should understand that rebuilding is not difficult.
What is rare is the heart that aspires toward Buddha!”
Xuanzang nodded.
“The Holy Monk’s words are clear, we have had our awakening, Amitabha Buddha!”
The many monks knelt in worship, their faces showing compassion.
At this mont, they truly turned toward Buddha.
Then Sun Wukong returned.
“Have you retrieved the Kasaya?”
Xuanzang looked toward Sun Wukong.
“Of course I have!”
Sun Wukong placed the Kasaya back into the luggage.
In the presence of the remaining monks at the Guanyin Zen Center, he watched as Xuanzang departed.
“Brother, shall we rebuild the Zen Monastery now?”
The many monks looked hesitantly towards the oldest among them as they spoke.
After all, it seems sowhat inappropriate for them to rebuild the Guanyin Zen Center now.
“Let’s build a Holy Monk Zen Monastery instead, for he can resist the fire’s blaze and is already not a mortal.”
“Amitabha Buddha, elder brother is right, we desired to seize the Holy Monk’s treasure, yet he did not pursue the matter but only acted like this…”
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Sun Wukong and Xuanzang, of course, were unaware of the monks’ decision at the Guanyin Zen Center, as they had hit the road again.
Clop, clop, clop, clop!
The sound of horse hooves approached a manor.
Sitting on the horse was a fair-skinned monk with a dignified appearance; his eyes brimd with wisdom.
Surrounded by an aura of serenity, the accumulation of Buddhist law radiated from his person, filled with auspiciousness.
He was truly a high monk who had found the Way.
After passing through fire, the current Xuanzang was no longer the forr Xuanzang; he now had his own path in his heart.
In front of him was a monkey with a furry face and thunder god’s mouth, bouncing and frolicking ahead, completely without the semblance of a monk.
One day, as the sky was getting dark, Sun Wukong placed his hand above his eyes, mimicking the motion of gazing into the distance.
“Master, I’m sure there’s a good family ahead where we can stay for the night!”
Xuanzang nodded, and the two of them continued on towards the direction they were heading.
Upon reaching a crossroads, they saw a young man with a brocade cloth wrapped around his head, wearing a blue vest, holding an umbrella, and carrying a pack on his back.
On his feet were a pair of straw sandals, and he hurried along as if rushing sowhere.
Curious, Sun Wukong couldn’t help but grab the boy’s arm in passing and asked, “Young brother, where are you off to?
I have a question for you, what place is this?”
The youngster was not old and tried to break free upon being caught, snorting coldly, “Am I the only person here?
Am I the only one you can ask?”
Sun Wukong looked at the boy and couldn’t help but laugh, “Benefactor, as they say, what’s convenient for others is convenient for oneself.
Just tell where this is; what harm could it do?
Besides, if you’re facing so trouble, you could also speak up.
Maybe I can help resolve your woes!”
Thinking it would be easy to break away from this monkey’s grasp, the youngster quickly felt flustered when he couldn’t, becoming so angry that he was fuming, “What kind of monk are you to not let go of my hand?
I will not tell you, what are you going to do about it!”
Sun Wukong chuckled and said, “If you can break free from my hand, I’ll let you go.
If not, you’d better tell Old Sun here what place this is!”
The young man twisted and turned, trying to withdraw his hand from Sun Wukong’s grip, but it was as if it had been caught in iron tongs, getting so frustrated that he dropped his pack and abandoned the umbrella, contorting his hands this way and that, all the while trying to pull free.
It was amusing for Sun Wukong, who burst into hearty laughter.
The more Sun Wukong acted this way, the more the person jumped around in desperate fury.
Xuanzang, witnessing the scene, ca over and said, “Wukong, aren’t there other people around?
Just ask soone else, why hassle this benefactor?
Let him go.”
Xuanzang, knowing Sun Wukong ant no harm, thus advised him.
Hearing Xuanzang’s words, Sun Wukong couldn’t help but laugh, “Master, it’s interesting because he doesn’t want to tell.
It wouldn’t be fun to ask soone else.
I must ask him.”
With no choice and having been held by Sun Wukong for so long, the young man had to say, “This place is the Uszang borderland known as Gao Laozhuang.”
“The majority of folks in this estate share the surna Gao, hence the na Gao Laozhuang.
Now let go.”
Sun Wukong looked the man up and down, his curiosity piqued, and asked, “With your travel gear, you don’t seem to be going sowhere nearby.
Tell where you’re headed and what for.
Once you’re done, I’ll let you go.”
Helpless, the young man thought he hadn’t checked his almanac before leaving ho; to run into such a ddleso monkey was bad luck indeed.
If it weren’t for his hand being held, he would have left already.
But at that mont, he could only respond, “I am a servant of Lord Gao.
My na is Gao Cai.
My master has a daughter, twenty years of age, yet to be wed.
But three years ago, a demon took possession of her.”
“That demon has played her husband for these three years.
Naturally, my master is worried and wants to drive the demon away, but the demon refuses to leave.
Instead, it has held the young lady captive in the back house for over half a year now.
We haven’t seen her at all and have no idea how she fares!”
“Unable to bear it any longer, my master gave a few pieces of silver to hire so mages to capture that monster.
These past few days, I’ve invited three or four people, both monks and Taoists, but alas, they were quite useless and couldn’t subdue the demon.”
“Just now I got an earful from him, as he accused of not knowing how to find the right people.
Here he is, giving another five maces of silver for expenses, to invite more competent mages to bring down the monster!”
“And then I run into you, a shaless troublemaker, holding here, delaying my journey!”
It was not hard to imagine why the youngster was so frustrated and angry.
He had been reprimanded, and now he had co across a monkey blocking his path.
“Well, your fortune has arrived; you needn’t embark on a long journey.
Look over here, do you see?
My master, he is the Imperial Brother Monk from the East, on his way to the Western Heaven to worship Buddha and retrieve scriptures.
Subduing demons and quelling devils is nothing to him.”
Sun Wukong pointed to Xuanzang behind him and spoke with a smile.
Upon hearing Sun Wukong’s words, Gao Cai looked back at Xuanzang, only to say, “Don’t spout nonsense here.
I am already filled with anger!”
“If you make such claims and yet lack the ans to capture the demon, in the end, it would just be another reason for to get scolded.”
“Don’t worry.
Just take a few more looks at my master, and you will understand,” Sun Wukong said with a smile.
Upon hearing Sun Wukong’s words, Gao Cai truly turned his gaze towards Xuanzang as instructed.
He saw an extraordinary Buddha’s light emanating from Xuanzang.
With a few more looks, one would feel an urge to convert.
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